trouble is there are a lot of Bath residents who want it to remain a lovely City and do not want an unattractive large Rugby stadium built on their recreation ground. Twenty plus years since the game went professional and Bat still have a stadium not fit for purpose! All other Premiership have progressed massively in terms of ground facilities in the meantime.

Can't see Ford being picked in front of Farrell, Farrell is world class Ford is not in that class.

Hmm Farrell is in so many areas exceptional but he has some pretty severe limitations. Outside of the incredible Saracens game plan he does not look nearly as brilliant. On the last Lions tour he found himself moved out of the 10 shirt to accommodate Sexton fairly swiftly. I'd say Ford is the more dynamic playmaker and is more likely to pick holes for runners and last season Farrell's kicking off the tee wasn't rock solid as normal he had some wobbles whereas Ford kept us up with his kicking.

Which you'd pick would depend on what you wanted from your flyhalf depending on your game plan.

Ratcliffe is a keen cyclist and sailor, hence his involvement there. He's also a Chelsea season ticket holder.

I don't think there's any interest in rugby, or the city of leicester. Note that his football interest or rumoured interest is in Lausanne, Nice and London. If he were to buy a rugby club I don't think it would be in the Midlands somehow...

Ratcliffe is a keen cyclist and sailor, hence his involvement there. He's also a Chelsea season ticket holder.

I don't think there's any interest in rugby, or the city of leicester. Note that his football interest or rumoured interest is in Lausanne, Nice and London. If he were to buy a rugby club I don't think it would be in the Midlands somehow...

Wrong geology for him to be interested in Leicester. Preston Grasshoppers maybe, or Blackpool.

Leicester Tigers 1995-
Nottingham 1995-2000
Swansea (Whites) 1988-95
A game played on grass in the open air by teams of XV.

I don't think there's any interest in rugby, or the city of leicester. Note that his football interest or rumoured interest is in Lausanne, Nice and London. If he were to buy a rugby club I don't think it would be in the Midlands somehow...
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Wrong geology for him to be interested in Leicester. Preston Grasshoppers maybe, or Blackpool.
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I thought he was a big Man Utd fan, and Chelsea interest was speculative.
Also, I think polar opposite re geology- he wouldn't want his headline sports interests to have any association with his core businesses.

trouble is there are a lot of Bath residents who want it to remain a lovely City and do not want an unattractive large Rugby stadium built on their recreation ground. Twenty plus years since the game went professional and Bat still have a stadium not fit for purpose! All other Premiership have progressed massively in terms of ground facilities in the meantime.

On a recent trip to Bath I noticed an archaeologist supervising an excavation in one of the the in goal areas. It could be that they were searching for a specific artefact from the Roman era eg the time capsule containing the key to their trophy cabinet.

trouble is there are a lot of Bath residents who want it to remain a lovely City and do not want an unattractive large Rugby stadium built on their recreation ground. Twenty plus years since the game went professional and Bat still have a stadium not fit for purpose! All other Premiership have progressed massively in terms of ground facilities in the meantime.

On a recent trip to Bath I noticed an archaeologist supervising an excavation in one of the the in goal areas. It could be that they were searching for a specific artefact from the Roman era eg the time capsule containing the key to their trophy cabinet.